On Saturday, June 16, 2001, A Curtis Martin wrote:
> The reflowing of quoted material that TB! does in one swoop is a rare
> feature to find, usually only available in advanced editors.
Exactly.
> The enigmatic version 2 is slated to have a different editor.
> I only hope that the important functionality present in this editor
> will not be lost.
I know the editor debate has been done to death on the list, so I was
hesitant to reply, but I'm embroiled at the moment in a debate over the
future of WordPerfect (yes, it's still around and still the best
wordprocessor ever made), centering on the issue of whether every
software program has to mimick dominant software. Yes, TB's editor takes
some getting used to, but once you do, you discover its pleasures. I
find myself now using it as a text editor, despite a plethora of other
choices at my fingertips.
If all software has to be the same, why bother. Some of the very few
negative reviews I see on TB at places like cNet are from people who may
not realize it, but are unhappy with TB, because it's not an OE clone.
To paraphrase the famous saying, the familiar may well be the enemy of
the good. It certainly seems to be the enemy of anyone in the software
world finding better ways of doing things, instead of layering more
icing on stale cake.
In any event, TB must absolutely retain the ability to reflow quoted
material with the simple key-combo. Every time I have to manually edit
quoted material in my news reader to accommodate my inline comments, I
appreciate what a time-saver TB's Alt-L is. (Actually, I have a more
unseemly reaction, but I won't go there.)
--
Paula
The Bat! 1.46c (reg)
Is it safe to upgrade, yet?
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